A FAMILY FROM SACRAMENTO FOUND ITSELF WITH THE UNIQUE DECISION TO MAKE HIM WHAT TO DO WITH MORE THAN TWO DOZEN VIOLINS HANDCRAFTED BY THEIR LATE FATHER. BUT THE ANSWER CAME FROM THE FATHER'S PAST. ONE OF 27 VIOLINS THAT HIS FATHER SPENT YEARS CARVING AND VARNISHING INTO EXISTENCE. HE WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED HAVING SOME PLAYED. HIS FATHER NEVER PLAYED THE VIOLINS. WHEN THEY DIED, THE FAMILY WAS LEFT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THIS UNIQUE LEGACY. EACH OF US WANTED TO HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK. THAT LEFT 11 OF THE 27 VIOLINS. SELLING WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE SELLING HIM. INSTEAD, THE FAMILY LOOKED TO THEIR FATHER'S PAST. HE WAS PALESTINIAN, HAD LIVED IN GAZA AND JERUSALEM. HE BECAME AN EYE SURGEON AND A PSYCHIATRIST, BUT HIS PASSION WAS ALWAYS FOR PAINTING AND MUSIC. HE NEVER RETURNED TO THE MIDDLE EAST, TOO FAR TO TRAVEL, TOO FULL OF MEMORIES OF A HOMELAND THAT HAD CHANGED TOO MUCH. HIS FAMILY DECIDED THAT THAT IS WHERE THE VIOLINS SHOULD WIND UP. THE FAMILY DISCOVERED A MUSIC SCHOOL FOR PALESTINIAN CHILDREN ON THE WEST BANK. THE SCHOOL HAS 250 STUDENTS AND THE CONSTANT NEED FOR INSTRUMENTS. HE PACKED UP HIS FATHER'S VIOLINS AND PREPARED TO SEND THEM HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD. HE WOULD HAVE ENJOYED. HIS LEGACY AS A MUSIC MAKER IS JUST BEGINNING. . THE. -- FULL CIRCLE. IT IS HIS DREAM TO SOMEDAY TRAVEL TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND VISIT THE MUSIC SCHOOL.